BY EILEEN STUKANE | Murals of color pop, seem to speak to each other, across West 37th Street between Ninth and 10th Aves. Compartmentalized square sections, welded together to create block-long walls of steel no higher than an average adult, had once brought a dreariness to this street, in a neighborhood where residents already lived […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Public safety is our administration’s top priority, and keeping New Yorkers safe from the growing threat of fentanyl is a core part of that mission. All of us have heard about the danger fentanyl poses to our children and our communities. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 […]
Here’s What’s Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week: St. Peter’s Chelsea Blessing of the Animals / CB4’s Waterfront, Parks & Environment Committee Meets / Community Cleanups / CB4 District Needs Survey / Free Paper Shredding Day / District 3 Participatory Budgeting Meetings / UPCOMING: Halloween Block Party at Chelsea Green Park; Senior Resource Fair […]
PHOTOS & TEXT BY CHRISTIAN MILES (click on his name to visit his website) | Have you ever found yourself walking down the street, seeing something amiss and asking, “Why isn’t the City doing something about this?” Imagine if we could put our money where our mouth is and use taxpayer dollars to change things for the […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City—changes that would rewrite the wrongs of the past and clear the way toward building the kinds of housing New York City so desperately needs. The 1961 Zoning Resolution drastically changed the way our […]
BY JACOB IMBER | A private bus stop proposed for the east side of Eighth Avenue between West 28th and 29th Streets has reignited tensions between Chelsea residents and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT). If approved, the stop will be the latest in a series of transit developments locals say create dangerous conditions. A […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | October is, in its way, our most colorful month, and a reprise of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s Curriculum II—a rich stew of language, idea, movement phrases, and buckets of bright paint applied to the bodies of 10 gorgeous, diverse dancers—seems a good way of welcoming it to town. From its […]
Here’s What’s Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / CB4’s Full Board Meeting / CB4 District Needs Survey / Music at Chelsea Green Park / The London Terrace Street Fair / Don’t Tell Comedy Comes to Chelsea / Carri Skoczek: Portraits at Hudson Guild’s Guild Gallery II / Fresh Food for Seniors / […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | My mother, Anna Musto, was the best Italian-American cook, bar none. Anyone who disagrees…stai zitto! When I was growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in the 1960s, mama Anna made all kinds of delicious things, like chicken and rice soup, sautéed fillet of sole, and escarole—or, more accurately, shcarole. (Italians always drop […]
NOTE: On the afternoon of Wed., Sept. 20, event organizers announced the cancellation of their below Panel Discussion. The Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC) Presents a Panel Discussion on the Proposed NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Conversion Thursday, September 21 7pm-10pm Online Via Zoom This event promises to shed light on crucial aspects […]